Acts 15:22 (Read all of Acts 15)
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers.
Acts 15:23 (Read all of Acts 15)
With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.
Acts 15:32 (Read all of Acts 15)
Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers.
Acts 15:33 (Read all of Acts 15)
After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them.
Acts 15:36 (Read all of Acts 15)
Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing."
Acts 15:40 (Read all of Acts 15)
but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord.
Acts 16:1 (Read all of Acts 16)
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek.
Acts 16:2 (Read all of Acts 16)
The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
Acts 16:15 (Read all of Acts 16)
When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.
Acts 16:31 (Read all of Acts 16)
They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-you and your household."
Acts 16:34 (Read all of Acts 16)
The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God-he and his whole household.
Acts 17:6 (Read all of Acts 17)
But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: "These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here,
Acts 17:10 (Read all of Acts 17)
As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
Acts 17:12 (Read all of Acts 17)
As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
Acts 17:14 (Read all of Acts 17)
The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.
Acts 17:34 (Read all of Acts 17)
Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
Acts 18:8 (Read all of Acts 18)
Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
Acts 18:27 (Read all of Acts 18)
When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
Acts 19:2 (Read all of Acts 19)
and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
Acts 19:4 (Read all of Acts 19)
Paul said, "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus."
Acts 19:9 (Read all of Acts 19)
But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
Acts 19:18 (Read all of Acts 19)
Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.
Acts 21:20 (Read all of Acts 21)
When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: "You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
Acts 21:25 (Read all of Acts 21)
As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality."
Acts 22:19 (Read all of Acts 22)
" 'Lord,' I replied, 'these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.